Does BA4 flood?

Yes — parts of the BA4 district carry real flood risk: 54 of its 86 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The BA4 postcode district covers Shepton Mallet, Mendip South, Mendip Central and East, Mendip West, close to Nettlebridge, Bruton, Lovington, and surrounding villages in Somerset.

86 postcodes in the BA4 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 54 high, 12 medium, 20 low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which BA4 postcodes are at risk?

BA4 4EH up to High BA4 4EQ up to High BA4 4HQ up to High BA4 4HW up to High BA4 4NX up to High BA4 4PP up to High BA4 4QJ up to High BA4 4SE up to High BA4 4SF up to High BA4 4SQ up to High BA4 5DL up to High BA4 5DW up to High BA4 5EF up to High BA4 5EN up to High BA4 5EQ up to High BA4 5EW up to High BA4 5HB up to High BA4 5HF up to High BA4 5HP up to High BA4 5HS up to High BA4 5HT up to High BA4 5HU up to High BA4 5HY up to High BA4 5HZ up to High BA4 5JA up to High BA4 5JB up to High BA4 5JF up to High BA4 5JG up to High BA4 5JH up to High BA4 5JQ up to High BA4 5LJ up to High BA4 5LL up to High BA4 5LN up to High BA4 5LP up to High BA4 5NA up to High BA4 5ND up to High BA4 5NF up to High BA4 5NW up to High BA4 5QD up to High BA4 5QE up to High BA4 6AG up to High BA4 6AJ up to High BA4 6DD up to High BA4 6DG up to High BA4 6DS up to High BA4 6EB up to High BA4 6HJ up to High BA4 6HQ up to High BA4 6NE up to High BA4 6PG up to High BA4 6PQ up to High BA4 6RA up to High BA4 6RZ up to High BA4 6TA up to High BA4 4AE up to Medium BA4 4BT up to Medium BA4 5FF up to Medium BA4 5JJ up to Medium BA4 5JT up to Medium BA4 6BL up to Medium BA4 6DP up to Medium BA4 6LY up to Medium BA4 6NF up to Medium BA4 6PU up to Medium BA4 6PX up to Medium BA4 6PY up to Medium BA4 4AD up to Low BA4 4AG up to Low BA4 4BS up to Low BA4 4EP up to Low BA4 4HB up to Low BA4 4PR up to Low BA4 4QL up to Low BA4 4QP up to Low BA4 4TF up to Low BA4 5EH up to Low BA4 5EL up to Low BA4 5EP up to Low BA4 5GL up to Low BA4 6DX up to Low BA4 6EA up to Low BA4 6ND up to Low BA4 6PF up to Low BA4 6PT up to Low BA4 6QW up to Low BA4 6RU up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near BA4

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

1 official flood warning or alert has been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (1 at warning level or above), most recently 21 January 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

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Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.